Divinity Statues

Divinity Statues are big statues found during missions that act as Item and Upgrade Shops. These shops can also be used in between missions.

Ability and Weapon Upgrades

Upgrades are an integral part of DmC. Kill enemies during missions to collect White Orbs. The White Orbs will gradually fill Dante's upgrade bar -- which is more of a circle. Once the bar is filled, one upgrade can be purchased.

After an upgrade is bought, it can be removed -- or "Sold" -- and another upgrade can be bought. Weapon upgrades can be tried out before purchasing, as well.

Both Abilities and Weapons can be upgraded. Abilities are Dante's core skills, which are useful in both combat and traversal. However, only select abilities will be available for upgrading at each mission. In addition to that, certain abilities can only be bought after a previous ability is known.

Weapon upgrades are slightly different than Ability upgrades. All core upgrades for a weapon are available once the weapon is obtained. After a core weapon upgrade is purchased, a level 2, level 3, or new upgrade based on the core upgrade can be made. The level 2, 3, and sub-upgrades increase the core upgrade's ability in some way or another

Item Shops

As stated earlier, Divinity Statues are also used as Item Shops. Consumables can be bought using Red Orbs. After being purchased the item will be stored in the item menu, which can be accessed when the game is paused. Only a select number of each item can be held at a time. The max amount can be between three and ten.